This 3 volume collection includes 80 of the 130 papers published by Drake, most on Galileo but some on medieval and early modern science in general (principally mechanics). An essential supplement to Drake's translations and other books.Přečíst více...

Prologue: Drake's Speech on Receiving the International Galileo Prize for History of Italian Science --
Galileo: Biographical and General --
Galileo: A Biographical Sketch --
The Scientific Personality of Galileo --
Galileo's Explorations in Science --
Galileo's Language: Mathematics and Poetry in a New Science --
Mathematics, Astronomy, and Physics in the Work of Galileo --
Measurement in Galileo's Science --
Exact Sciences, Primitive Instruments, and Galileo --
The Accademia dei Lincei --
On the Conflicting Documents of Galileo's Trial --
Galileo and the Church --
Galileo: Bibliographical and Textual Studies --
Galileo Gleanings XXI: On the Probable Order of Galileo's Notes on Motion --
Dating Unpublished Notes Such As Galileo's on Motion --
Galileo Gleanings XXIV: The Evolution of De motu --
Galileo's Pre-Paduan Writings: Years, Sources, Motivations --
Galileo in English Literature of the Seventeenth Century --
Galileo: Scientific Method and Philosophy of Science --
Galileo and the Career of Philosophy --
Ptolemy, Galileo, and Scientific Method --
Galileo's Procedures, and Metaphysics --
Theory and Practice in Early Modern Physics --
Galileo: Astronomy --
Copernicanism in Bruno, Kepler, and Galileo --
Kepler and Galileo --
Galileo's Steps to Full Copernicanism, and Back --
Galileo's "Platonic" Cosmogony and Kepler's Prodromus --
Galileo's First Telescopic Observations --
Galileo, Kepler, and Phases of Venus --
Galileo and Satellite Prediction --
Galileo's Sighting of Neptune (with Charles T. Kowal).